good day!!!!
can't believe i am back once more!!!
i guess alot has happened since my last post? to be concise lemme point form everything
1. i went back to work
nth much to say about this actlly, i went back, managed to clear the more impt emails in a day, and adjusted back to mundane office life. i definitely missed bernice and would spend time at lunch looking at her through our home cam. sad that i can't do that now that she's in ifc :(
2. we finally moved back home with a baby in tow!
moving home was sort of chaotic, but also not? we managed to move back in 2 trips. kudos to sherwin for tanking all the heavy lifting! the painful part was probably unpacking everything until nighttime, after we put bernice to sleep. ended the night with prata and maggi goreng for supper.
it's been almost exactly 1 month since we moved back and it's been alright so far. the first week to maybe 2 weeks were definitely more tiring as we hadn't gotten down to a routine yet. but now everything is kind of clockwork. thankfully bernice adjusted well to ifc; i was so worried the first couple days that it was difficult to concentrate at work. cos it was her first time alone with all the unfamiliar faces.
3. we celebrated sherwin's birthday in sep, then my birthday in oct, then our anniversary in nov!!
turning a year older with a child now sure feels different. and can't believe i am 29 now haha SO OLDD. also bern is 7 months old now! her monthly "birthdays" definitely feel a lot more monumental than my own birthday, cos every month represents such significant developmental changes for babies. soon she'll be a year old omo!!
4. my mum retired!
it feels weird to me cos my mum used to be busy all the time especially growing up - she's worked all my life and she has an insane work ethic (unlike me?). i was never one of those kids that could call their super approachable mum during school hours to ask them to bring a forgotten file or homework to school, i think i would get a scolding if i tried such a thing. but now she's pretty much free all the time unless she wants to travel. that is.... a lot, of time. so many years of dedication to one thing and now it's all been replaced by nothingness. i guess it's kind of made me reflect on my own job/career and what it all means. still don't have the answer to this yet. and still wondering what to get her as a retirement gift!
5. also life these days has become very routine, with a baby there's always something to do plus the standard of cleanliness in our house needs to be higher now too. it feels like a second job and it's rough sometimes esp if bernice is not having a good day, but i definitely prefer it to DINK life. i think the one thing childrearing has provided that i needed/had been searching for for a while, is purpose. which is... a good thing i guess? haha. oh and with a baby now, the thing i worry most about is... what to FEED HER. i have been meal-prepping for myself but i don't think i make baby-appropriate food. now she's still on 2 meals a day but when she needs to start having dinners with us... man i will need to draw up meal plans. haha. oh well we will cross the bridge when we come to it....
okay i wanted to do an end-year recap as usual but i am super hungry now (and also lazy to continue typing) so i will end this post here
BYE
and if you're reading this, HOW?? WHY are you still regularly checking up on this deadass blog?? haha
oh yeah and i wanted to say that today's weather/vibes is just amazing. it rained all day so the evening was super cool, there were bullfrogs croaking outside just now, and the stars were so visible and pretty today! rly reminded me of one stargazing night in canada.
okay bye forreal!!
